Glona Labadlabad ( Gollayan) is a Filipino politician currently serving as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 2nd district of Zamboanga del Norte since 2016.

Political career

Labadlabad made her first run in 2013 for municipal mayor of Katipunan, but was defeated. She then made her run and won in 2016 as representative of the province's second district, succeeding her husband, then-Congressman

Rosendo Labadlabad Rosendo "Dodoy" Labadlabad (born March 1, 1965) is a Filipino politician from the province of Zamboanga del Norte. He currently serves as mayor of the municipality of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte since 2019, and previously served as a member o ...

. She was re-elected as representative in the elections of

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and in

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by a landslide vote.

House of Representatives

In the 18th Congress, she is currently the chairperson of the House Committee on Ecology, and sits as member of the House Committees on

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, and Appropriations.

Controversies

*In 2019, Glona and Rosendo Labadlabad were charged with obstruction of justice for harboring a self-confessed killer from the neighboring town of

Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte Siayan, officially the Municipality of Siayan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Siayan; Subanen: ''Benwa Siayan''; Chavacano: ''Municipalidad de Siayan''; tl, Bayan ng Siayan), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. Acc ...

Electoral history

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* Living people Politicians from Zamboanga del Norte Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians PDP–Laban politicians Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Zamboanga del Norte Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Filipino politicians Lakas–CMD politicians {{Philippines-congressman-stub